Conversation

Note: This episode of the program was produced before Israel's attack on Iran.

Iran has been facing a serious water crisis for years; a crisis that not only threatens the daily lives of people but also affects the country’s future security and economy. In this conversation, Dr. Kaveh Madani discusses both the hidden and apparent aspects of this issue and its consequences.

Our society is transitioning away from past traditions.

Your system has all the information about my life and still creates fictional stories.

A broad spectrum of reformists no longer fall under traditional reformism; they are now transformation-seekers.

Even with Mr. Pezeshkian’s candidacy, the reformists did not support him as they had in the past.

I’m glad to be here now and that, unlike people such as Mr. Kavous Seyed Emami, I haven’t perished.

Today, the reformists have the potential to bring about a profound transformation in society.

Kaveh Madani: One of my biggest challenges as Deputy Director [of the Environmental Organization] was appointing the Director General!

Perhaps many of the judgments made during the Shah's era were unrealistic

Which official in the Islamic Republic can guarantee you?!

  If we had a clear and strong opposition with clear social support, they could prevent war

Our water problem is more apparent than the sun!

Kaveh Madani: We cannot compensate for all the damage we have caused to the environment

The water, which once was the life of the Iranian plateau and the glory of civilization, is now caught in the mismanagement, corruption and failed policies.  The sources of Karun, Zayandehrood and Hirmand have become dry lines on paper, and the huge wetlands and lakes of Iran have become desert and desert centers.  In this program, we will examine this crisis and the prospects for rebuilding this expensive heritage with Nick Kosar, an explicit water and environmental analyst.

The monarchy in Iran was not just a form of government, part of our historical and cultural identity.  But why did it collapse and is it possible to return?  Can it stand by democracy like some countries or is it permanently entrusted to history?

A "crisis" has a specific duration; it doesn’t remain a "crisis" forever. We have been facing a water crisis since the 1960s.

You can sell the industry and service expensive and buy it against food - which is cheap -

Tehran's share of water consumption - compared to their area - is very high

Hedayat Aghaei: We have deprived and starred students of school year/ Future Governance Model;  Rationality, rationality and rationality

You give artificial breathing to the place where there is no development capacity and create a lot of water illusions

  Season -by -chapter of Iran Development Plan contradicts each other

The same disaster has come to our natural infrastructure on engineering infrastructure

You must first employ the rural community in the service or industry sector

  If [Mr. Khamenei's succession] had been done earlier

The only thing a ruler can do now is to create transparency and trust.

  Our issues are not of technological and engineering issues

  Mr. Khamenei's political death - or in the sense of current political rulers of the Islamic Republic - has occurred

Our problem, by the way, is over-reliance on technology.

  When you can create drought in Golestan and Mazandaran, you know that the problem is not inherent in the water.

  With bad management, not looking at our development restrictions and model of development 

  Depression has become a national disease!

The rulers of the oil countries may have believed that - and some still have

  The crowd to several specific metropolises created many problems in the long run

There is a possibility of returning the monarchy to Iran;  But will not continue

What Mr. Khamenei wanted was something that happened in 2022.

Dr. Fazel Meybodi, with a critical view of the role of jurisprudence in contemporary Iranian governance, challenged the relation between traditional jurisprudence and social and technological developments, and emphasized that traditional jurisprudence and clergy are not only responsive to today's needs, but also imposing their formal readings, even in the form of formal jurisprudence.

  I think Mr. Reza Pahlavi says at the bottom of his heart, "Let us make our lives!"

  The things that are asked are not the kingdom